or am I even using facet_query properly?
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Ricardo
05/08/2021, 9:19 AMor am I even using facet_query properly?
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Kishore Nallan
05/08/2021, 9:20 AMCan you try setting
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Ricardo
05/08/2021, 9:21 AMya that works
Ricardo
05/08/2021, 9:21 AMthanks
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Kishore Nallan
05/08/2021, 9:21 AMGenerally for facet query you don't care about results because it is a query on the facets of the query.
Kishore Nallan
05/08/2021, 9:22 AMSo keeping that in view, Typesense does not return results.
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Ricardo
05/08/2021, 9:22 AMI see
Ricardo
05/08/2021, 9:22 AMso I am trying to get all the records that are in the category chair
Ricardo
05/08/2021, 9:22 AMis this the best way to go about it?
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Kishore Nallan
05/08/2021, 9:23 AMFor that you have to use
filter_byKishore Nallan
05/08/2021, 9:23 AM?filter_by=category: foor
Ricardo
05/08/2021, 9:23 AMso can you explain the difference between filter_by and facet_query
Ricardo
05/08/2021, 9:24 AMI don't think I'm understanding what facet_query does
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Kishore Nallan
05/08/2021, 9:24 AMfilter_byKishore Nallan
05/08/2021, 9:25 AMLet's say you have an ecommerce shop and you have products from different brands. Lets say you search for shoes, and then facet on brands. This will return all shoe brands available with their corresponding counts. Now if you want to search within those facet brands, you will use facet query.
Kishore Nallan
05/08/2021, 9:26 AMIn the song search demo, facet query is used here to filter the genres here if the user types into the textbox.
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Ricardo
05/08/2021, 12:14 PMok I think I understand
Ricardo
05/08/2021, 12:14 PMso facet_query is like a search in the facet itself
Ricardo
05/08/2021, 12:15 PMbut then if I do a filter by with a query: '*'
wouldn't that be equivalent to a facet_query?
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Kishore Nallan
05/08/2021, 12:17 PMso facet_query is like a search in the facet itselfCorrect. As for your second question, you can search on one set of fields and facet on another set of fields. They don't have to overlap.
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Ricardo
05/08/2021, 12:18 PMI see. ok cool. Thanks @Kishore Nallan I'll play around with this a bit. appreciate your patience and time 🙂
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Kishore Nallan
05/08/2021, 12:18 PMWelcome.